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Well, the iMac I'd purchased in (I think) 2003 had started acting up on Thursday -- I could hear a fan whining and making odd noises. Then, on Friday, my old friend started giving me strange video glitches on waking up from sleep, followed by the machine freezing entirely. I had to restart several times to get it to complete the process all the way through to the desktop. By Saturday morning, the symptoms had progressively worsened: when I tried to start it up, it would get no further than the initial load screen, then the screen would go all wonky and it would freeze.
I was fairly certain, given the symptoms, that I was looking at a logic board that had given up the ghost. But I made an appointment and took it into the Apple Store on Sunday, just to be certain that it wasn't something simple. And hopefully cheap.
It wasn't. It was indeed, as suspected, the logic board: a very expensive repair for what is an "elderly" machine. I can't be without a computer, though, since that's what I write on and that's what I use for school as well. Denise and I had talked things over; we'd decided that getting a Macbook would be the best course if the iMac was toast. I need a laptop for teaching, since all of my class lectures are on Keynote. Up to now, I've been borrowing Denise's laptop, but her machine is nearly as old as the iMac, and it's been getting a little temperamental itself of late because of the constant use and moving around (not to mention that there is no room on its hard drive).
So... I ordered a new Macbook.
The good news is that I'd been diligent with backing up (using Time Machine) and so shouldn't have too many issues getting things up and running again as soon the the Macbook arrives. Amazing, though, how this has disrupted my schedule: I'm way behind on e-mail, haven't hit my normal sites in several days, and feel generally lost and out of touch, since I can't access several of the programs/files until the new machine arrives.
The bad news is that this absolutely isn't what our budget needed. This is another significant increase in debt when we've been trying hard to reduce it. *Sigh*
I wonder if there's any way to use the iMac screen as an extra screen for the MacBook? Hmm...
I was fairly certain, given the symptoms, that I was looking at a logic board that had given up the ghost. But I made an appointment and took it into the Apple Store on Sunday, just to be certain that it wasn't something simple. And hopefully cheap.
It wasn't. It was indeed, as suspected, the logic board: a very expensive repair for what is an "elderly" machine. I can't be without a computer, though, since that's what I write on and that's what I use for school as well. Denise and I had talked things over; we'd decided that getting a Macbook would be the best course if the iMac was toast. I need a laptop for teaching, since all of my class lectures are on Keynote. Up to now, I've been borrowing Denise's laptop, but her machine is nearly as old as the iMac, and it's been getting a little temperamental itself of late because of the constant use and moving around (not to mention that there is no room on its hard drive).
So... I ordered a new Macbook.
The good news is that I'd been diligent with backing up (using Time Machine) and so shouldn't have too many issues getting things up and running again as soon the the Macbook arrives. Amazing, though, how this has disrupted my schedule: I'm way behind on e-mail, haven't hit my normal sites in several days, and feel generally lost and out of touch, since I can't access several of the programs/files until the new machine arrives.
The bad news is that this absolutely isn't what our budget needed. This is another significant increase in debt when we've been trying hard to reduce it. *Sigh*
I wonder if there's any way to use the iMac screen as an extra screen for the MacBook? Hmm...